Crossed Hearts Reveals Studio Hearts and 10 New Licenses at Anime NYC

California-based global English publisher Crossed Hearts announced its new in-house imprint, Studio Hearts, on Sunday at Anime NYC. The company also unveiled several licenses.

Studio Hearts will debut with four original works:

• A Kiss Before the Gunshot
• Doomsday Requiem With You
• Chiaroscuro
• Soul Guiders

Crossed Hearts announced these 10 licenses:

• Moku and Daran Lee’s Welcome to the Rose Manor — manhwa
• Via and Dalseul’s Flirting with the Villain’s Dad — manhwa
• Sora Mizuki’s The Two of Us Can’t Stay Mobs — manga, COMISMA
• Hadajuban Yamada’s Love Beyond the Final Boss: The Hero’s Party’s Quest for Love — manga, COMISMA
• Higure Sakino’s Emma and the Eyes that Bid Farewell — manga, COMISMA
• Al Chiaki’s Where Sea Meets Shore — manga, Creator Original
• Crosswise’s The Devil in Me — Thai comic, Glam Beat imprint
• Ahn Siwoo’s Ink Soaked into Ashen Paper — Korean novel, Glam Beat imprint
• Chelliace’s Fairy Trap — Korean novel, Blush Club imprint
• Penguin’s Addicted to You — manga, Blush Club imprint

The publisher also partnered with Thai girls-love publisher Lily House to bring its titles to English readers.

In an August 24 update, Crossed Hearts announced it had established A Novel Press for prose works, including light novels, novels, and anthologies. Its releases will include Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke’s Mansion and The Abandoned Villainess Became a Zombie.

A Novel Press will cover the following genres:

• Romance
• Fantasy
• Sci-fi
• Mystery
• Horror
• Thriller

Earlier that month, Kadokawa’s BookWalker Global store announced plans to add Crossed Hearts titles to its catalog.

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